🏞 Landscapes & nature

Rangipo Desert

desert in New Zealand

🇳🇿 New Zealand · -39.3116, 175.6745

Rangipo Desert is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“The Battle of the Black Gate was filmed in April at the Rangipo Desert, a former minefield.”
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · Wikipedia

Open on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Rangipo Desert
Photo: James Dignan (en:User:Grutness) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rangipo Desert as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Rangipo Desert?

1 production is recorded as filmed at Rangipo Desert, including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Where is Rangipo Desert?

Rangipo Desert is in New Zealand, at -39.3116, 175.6745.

What other filming locations are near Rangipo Desert?

Tongariro National Park, Whakapapa skifield, Mount Ruapehu, North Island and 1 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by James Dignan (en:User:Grutness), CC BY-SA 3.0.